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The company said Lee McChesney will be elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 14, 2025, starting on March 24, 2025. He will succeed Richard Dierker as CFO.

8-KDeparture or Appointment of Directors or Certain OfficersFiled Period of report Summary published (UTC)

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  1. The company said Lee McChesney will be elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 14, 2025, starting on March 24, 2025. He will succeed Richard Dierker as CFO.

  2. The company said Richard Dierker will become Chief Executive Officer on April 2, 2025, succeeding Matthew T. Farrell, who is retiring. Dierker will continue as Executive Vice President and Head of Business Operations from March 24, when McChesney is appointed CFO, until he starts as CEO.

  3. Under the company's arrangement with McChesney, he will receive a base salary of $700,000, a target annual bonus of 85% of his base salary, and a target annual long-term incentive opportunity of 245% of his base salary. He will also receive a one-time grant of time-based restricted stock units with an aggregate value of $2,200,000, vesting ratably over 2 years.

  4. The company said McChesney, 53, served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MSA Safety Inc. from August 2022, and worked at Stanley Black & Decker from 2010 to August 2022. He is eligible for three one-time cash sign-on bonuses of $75,000, $417,222 and $125,000, and must repay them if his employment ends within 1 year of his start date.

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Lee McChesney to be named chief financial officer

The company said Lee McChesney will be elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 14, 2025, starting on March 24, 2025. He will succeed Richard Dierker as CFO.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Richard Dierker's timing as CEO

The company said Richard Dierker will become Chief Executive Officer on April 2, 2025, succeeding Matthew T. Farrell, who is retiring. Dierker will continue as Executive Vice President and Head of Business Operations from March 24, when McChesney is appointed CFO, until he starts as CEO.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

McChesney compensation terms

Under the company's arrangement with McChesney, he will receive a base salary of $700,000, a target annual bonus of 85% of his base salary, and a target annual long-term incentive opportunity of 245% of his base salary. He will also receive a one-time grant of time-based restricted stock units with an aggregate value of $2,200,000, vesting ratably over 2 years.

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McChesney background and sign-on bonuses

The company said McChesney, 53, served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MSA Safety Inc. from August 2022, and worked at Stanley Black & Decker from 2010 to August 2022. He is eligible for three one-time cash sign-on bonuses of $75,000, $417,222 and $125,000, and must repay them if his employment ends within 1 year of his start date.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

AI summarized the filing and translated the summary into English; it may differ from the original. For reference only, not investment advice. AI translated the published Korean report into English. Figures are copied as filed, not recalculated.

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Source: SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Item captions are the SEC's. The summary is for reference only and is not investment advice.